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A Single-Photon Server

Posted by Zonk on from the is-that-an-ai-in-your-eyelash dept.

Roland Piquepaille writes "A team of German physicists at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics has built a single-photon server with just one atom. They've trapped ultra cold atoms of rubidium in a vacuum chamber and applied laser pulses from one side. The generated photons were of 'high quality,' meaning their energy was very similar from one test to another, and that their properties could be controlled. The researchers think this new way to generate single photons will help the field of quantum information processing. "

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  1. St Patricks! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Did everyone have a good St Patricks day?

    I did, had a few Guinesses' but the stuff does play havok with my poo, it's as black as night right now :(

  2. single what? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    oh, I'm glad this is not a single pr0n server... that would be too tediuous.....

    -jl

  3. Re:Is Roland Piquepaille paid for Slashdot stories by PopeRatzo · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Is Roland Piquepaille paid for Slashdot stories?

    I don't know, but his name makes me laugh whenever I see it.

    I don't generally read his stories because they tend to be the usual press agent bullshit, but I can't get enough of that name:

    "Roland Piquepaille"

    It rolls off the tongue. It's the name of a Bond villain or a pervert from a Nabokov novel. He must have gotten his ass kicked every day growing up.

    Mr. Piquepaille (nyuk), I mean no offense. We get our amusement where we can find it these days.
    --
    You are welcome on my lawn.